Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Umbilicus luteus (Huds.) Webb & Berthel. |
Bibliography | Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2; 1): 177 (1840) |
Native Range | se. Europe to Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Description | glabrous, basal leaves petiolate, peltate, rounded, broadly sinuate-lobate, stem leaves much smaller, cuneate, obtuse, 3-7-dentate, flowers in terminal compact spike |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuberous succulent |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in spring; cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Cotyledon altera Thell. Cotyledon erecta D.Dietr. Cotyledon lassithiensis (Gand.) Hayek Cotyledon lusitanica Lam. Cotyledon lutea Huds. Cotyledon repens (L.) Grande Cotyledon umbilicus-veneris Houtt. Cotyledon umbilicus-veneris var. repens L. Orostachys umbilicus Schrank & Mart. Umbilicus erectus DC. Umbilicus lassithiensis Gand. Umbilicus vulgaris ssp. erectus Batt. & Trab. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |